He got his boss to give him time off by using tears.
The politician tried a sob story at the press conference.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with 落し instead of 落とし.
Abbreviated variant omitting the okurigana き.
Abbreviated variant omitting the okurigana き.
Compound of 泣き (naki, 'crying', the continuative form of 泣く) and 落とし (otoshi, 'dropping', the continuative form of 落とす), literally 'crying to make someone drop (their resistance)'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with this meaning.